From: TECRUS::WEISENBACH "Outlets for hostility... 01-Jun-1992 2256" 1-JUN-1992 23:03:39.74 To: @PIG.DIS CC: Subj: Pig Roast Reminder, or torture to those who can't go ******************************************************************************* ******************************************************************************* What: PIG ROAST! Remember to RSVP! Where: Lew's place in Southboro, directions included! After long-winded ramble about nothing in particular. Who: You, family, friends! When: SATURDAY JUNE 13th! Around noon! Or the night before, whenever... How: Bring a side-dish to share, beer and pork provided! ******************************************************************************* ******************************************************************************* Hard to believe it, but the Pig Roast is less than two weeks away! So it's about time I got around to three hyper-important topics. Namely: directions, RSVP's, and wood. A big party requires a big pig, a big pig requires a big fire, and a big fire requires wood. Wood that Lew's house currently does not have. Wood that is typically donated to us by one or several attendees. The roasting takes about a third of a cord of wood, so why not volunteer to donate some right now? Seriously, we don't have enough left over from last year. So if you have a load of okay firewood you don't need going into the heat of the summer, then send me mail. I'll even volunteer Schrep's truck to bring it out to Southboro... RSVP's are coming in quite nicely, but I thought I would remind you to have them in by this Wednesday. This is important because the order for the main course will go in Friday, allowing ample time for the search for the perfect porker. Of course, if you have already RSVPed once, you don't have to do it again, unless you want to upgrade your "maybe" to a "yes". Or downgrade it to a "no", though why would anyone want to do that? Certainly would show a lack of sensitivity to the Jungian archetype that this party symbolizes.¹ After all, the Women's Swedish Softball² team is promising to show up! Also putting in appearances are some Piggy alumni. Larry and Liza Hudepohl will be flying in from Texas, and Alice Lee might even be around. The kind of true dedication that just might inspire some of these "maybes". But just to remind you of the details and give you a hint of the incredible organization that allows this event to go on so flawlessly... Friday June 12th: In the hot, sweaty heat of the early summer, Chuck and I go visit the slaughterhouse. There the swine will have met it's fate long before we meet it. This place is so much more than a neighborhood butcher shop, offering sights and smells like no other venue in the world. It's not for everyone, especially since nothing is wasted and what isn't wasted isn't pretty. In fact, it's down right awful (offal?). That's why it's important to keep in mind that 14 hours of slow-roasting will transform the mundane reality of the pig purchase into the golden memory of the start of another Pig Roast. Or the horrors of ordinary existence can be eased with the sweet brew fresh from the kegs. Either way it's not so bad afterward. Once back at Lew's, tradition demands that the deceased swine be placed in the living room. Seems like a likely place for it, although the last few times the porcine corpse has been shown less hospitality and ended up in a garage or basement. There the future center-of-attention will lie in state until evening. This is an official photo-op, as it is known in the biz. Two more errands need to be run Friday night, one for wood and one for beer. Loading, hauling, and piling up firewood is manly, sweaty work. The kind of work that builds both characters and bodies of steel. I go get the beer. Around ten o'clock or so Friday evening, three important events happen. First, a keg is tapped. Second, the fires are lit. And third, Chucks further mutilates everyone's dinner in order to attach it to the spit. If you've ever dreamed of reliving your youth by staying up all night drinking beer, then this is the time to show up. We'd appreciate the company as the fires are tended through the wee hours. I swear that there will be no exploding beer bottles this year, but bring safety glasses anyway. Saturday June 13th: This is when you take the reins. Show up anytime during the morning, noon, or night. There is a keg tapped at all times! If you want to help cook, drop by early. Otherwise, start showing up around noon. We'll probably start carving around 4:00pm or so, depending on whether enough people have shown up yet. Plop yourself down and sample the mouth-watering roasted pork and the various side-dishes that you and the others have brought. The early afternoon is picnic time, so don't feel shy about bringing the kids. The party continues into the night, so stay as late as you want. If you are drinking, take your time about drying out or stay all night. Just be careful because there will be a fall roast. Probably. If you play an instrument, the much heralded Don Sollars/ Dianne Sleeper Mega-Jam Session³ will be held in conjunction with Pig Roast! More than just a band, it's practically karoke (another possible reason George blew chunks in Japan). So you know we're big time. If you can jam, excellent! Singing on the other hand... ¹ This is obviously an inside joke. ² Would you believe that is how Dianna described them??? ³ Soon to be copy-righted. Don really only said he was bringing his drums. But since I'm no musician, I figured that was code. And finally and most importantly, the DIRECTIONS! * The Pig Roast will be at #26 Fairview Drive, Southboro MA. The phone * * number is 508-460-8024. Lew might be there if you call. * Three ways to get to Lew's place: ** Route #1 Take Rt.85 south past Rt.9, crossing over the recently refurbished bridge. Make a right onto Mt. Vickery, which is the first right after CF trucking on the left. Follow this turning, treacherously twisty roadway for a ½ a mile. The road ends at a T intersection, marked only by a large tree appearing before you (and a stop sign). Turn left at the T, onto Middle road. Follow Middle road for a short while, turning right at the first stop sign. Now you're on Parkerville street. Take the first paved left onto Fairview, ignoring the dirt road that will be before Fairview. Follow Fairview up and around. The first right is Summit street, the second right is really Fairview veering to the right. Follow Fairview around that right, #26 is the first set of mailboxes after the corner. ** Route #2 From Rt.495 and points west, take Rt.9 east. Turn right onto Parkerville street from Rt.9. Parkerville is across from the Andrea restaurant that's on the left side of Rt.9, and right over the hill marked by a big yellow sign advertising "Eagle Leasing". A small yellow caution sign marks the turn, with the STOP sign for the street also helping to make it more visible. This is a difficult turn to spot. If you don't see it, abort the maneuver and proceed to the route #3 instructions. Once on Parkerville street, Fairview is the second right. The sign is totally obscured by trees though, so be careful. Follow Fairview up and around. The first right is Summit street, the second right is really Fairview veering to the right. Follow Fairview around that right, #26 is the first set of mailboxes after the corner. ** Route #3 If you miss the turn onto Parkerville, continue on Rt.9 to the next right turn, which is right after a small, gross looking sub shop on the right. This is Middle street, appropriately named since it is in between the other two routes. Anyway, follow Middle road for a short while, turning right at the first stop sign. Now you're on Parkerville street. Take the first paved left onto Fairview, ignoring the dirt road that will be before Fairview. Follow Fairview up and around. The first right is Summit street, the second right is really Fairview veering to the right. Follow Fairview around that right, #26 is the first set of mailboxes after the corner.